Full coverage: Social media

Social media companies will hope their close relationship with US President Donald Trump will ease the burden of regulation in the likes of Europe and the UK. But parent groups may complicate that.

Frustrated by the slow pace of investigations in Brussels, critics of Elon Musk’s social network and its influence on politics are targeting X’s Dublin office through their national authorities.

The election of the US president appears to have driven seismic policy changes at Meta. Meanwhile, evidential barriers and practicalities stymie efforts to regulate social media for children.

Australia's outright ban on social media for those under-16 is due to take effect this year as other regulators armed with new powers foist more obligations on the world's biggest tech firms.

Elon Musk's repeated attacks on the UK government and President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he would buy Greenland give an insight into what can be expected from the incoming US administration.

A German non-profit attempted to seek evidence from Twitter’s Irish entity in a US court to use in a German legal action. To date, the organisation has faced multiple knockbacks from judges.

When Twitter was launched, it published whatever its members wanted. But what was acceptable for a medium in the making no longer works for a $44 billion global business, as its owner Elon Musk has found out through the alienation of its advertisers and much of its audience.

A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.

Ciarán Cannon's decision not to run again was quickly eclipsed by the resignation of Leo Varadkar this week. In an in-depth interview, the Fine Gael TD reflects on his choice and that of his party leader.

Far-right elements were quick to mobilise ahead of rioting in Dublin last night. With anti-immigrant sentiment growing across social media platforms, the real-world harm of the online echo chamber is now plain to see.